Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
A zesty, citrus inspired nose with stone fruits and gentle oak inputs. A medium bodied chardonnay with a taut backbone of acidity and a roundness of melon on the palate....
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
The nose is understated with nectarine and cut flowers and some vegetal notes. The palate initially has good mouthfeel with flowing melon fruits, and a touch of mealy oak before...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The last time I tasted Alex Byrne's wines was in 2013 and it was the 2012 Ballarat Chardonnay. Five years on it was time to look at the 2017 Ballarat...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A wine that offers much more than it's $18 price point suggests. The nose is varietal with peach and nectarine working with citrus notes and a mealy complexity. There is...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine was sourced from the Ridge and Lake blocks in the McCutcheon vineyard and is the P58 clone of Chardonnay. The wine was wild yeast fermented, with a high...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
97
This is an exceptional release that has harnessed the virtues of a warm vintage to it's advantage in creating a mouth filling, and complex chardonnay that retains elegance and definition....
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Produced from the P58 Chardonnay clone grown on the Poplar Block in the Judd vineyard, the wine was fermented using wild yeast, with partial malolactic fermentation (80%) and ageing in...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The Estate release is always an assemblage from a number of the Single Vineyard sites, the makeup this year was Wallis (34%), Kentucky (30%), McCutcheon (19%) and Judd (17%). ...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Epis always sits on the bigger, creamier and complex side of the Chardonnay spectrum. The unabashed richness is held in suspension by taut acidity that is afforded by the Macedon...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The grapes for this wine were sourced from the Orange wine region with no expense spared in the winemaking process. The wine was 100% fermented in a mixture of new...